312754 - Downloading Firefox results in an excell file. No .dmg disk icon shows up

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 280980

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[bonnevie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.23; Mac_PowerPC)
Build Identifier: 

Every time he firefox fiel downloads it shows an excell file that contains probably 
programming text

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Download of Firefox to MacOSX from the Mozilla.com Website
2.
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Actual Results:  
An excell file is downloaded

Expected Results:  
Show a diskdrive icon with  .dmg

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

The file should be correct, and should work if you rename it to firefox.dmg

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 280980 ***

Comment 2

[bonnevie]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The file should be correct, and should work if you rename it to firefox.dmg
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 280980 ***

It is not possible to rename it. It is an Excell document. when clicked it opens a text that is 
non-comprehensibel

Comment 3

[Jo Hermans]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > The file should be correct, and should work if you rename it to firefox.dmg
> > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 280980 ***
> 
> It is not possible to rename it. It is an Excell document. when clicked it
opens a text that is 
> non-comprehensibel
> 

Don't double-click, rename it in the Finder.



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 280980 ***